Jefferson Spurlock, associate chair of integrated media in the Department of Media, recently published an essay titled “His Last Words: The Execution of Michael Lee McBride” in ETC (et cetera): A Review of General Semantics.
In his essay, Spurlock recounts witnessing McBride’s execution by lethal injection in Texas, which garnered nationwide media attention in 2000. At the time, Spurlock as one of five media representatives invited to witness the execution.